Brake-rigging.



W. G. PRICE.

. BRAKE RIGGING. APPLICATION FILED MAY 1,1913.

1,070,913. I Patented Aug. 19, 19 13.

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UNITED srnrns WILLIAM G. PRICE, OF NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BRAKE-RIGGING.

Original application filed November 2 5, 1911, Serial No. 662,458.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A11 19,1913. Divided and this application filed May 1,

1913. Serial No. 764,902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. PRICE, a citizen of the United States,and resident of New Castle, in the county of Lawrence and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBrake-Rigging; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to brake-hangers.

The present invention is a division of an application filed by me Nov.25, 1911, Serial No. 662,458.

It comprises, generally stated, a suitable bracket or support, abrake-hanger suspended therefrom, a brake-shoe head secured to one sideof said hanger, and means intermediate the upper and lower end of saidhanger engaged by said hanger to prevent lateral movement of same.

Referring to the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion ofthe truck showing my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is across-section on the line 22 Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a modified form of myinvention.

In the accompanying drawing, the numeral 2 designates a suitabletruck-frame supported on the wheels 3, the springs, journal-box, &c.,being of any suitable construction. The truck-frame is further providedwith the equalizer-bars 4 which extend from one journal-box to theother. A bracket 5 is secured by bolts 6 to the side frame 2 of thetruck, said bracket having the conical projection 7 which enters aconical seat 8 in the hanger 9. A bolt 10 passes through the hangerbracket and side frame to secure the hanger to the bracket and a spring11 is interposed between the side frame and the nut 12. The bracket 5has the downwardly extending arm 13 which is adapted to enter the recess11 formed between the hanger 9 and the off-set 15 on said hanger.

The lower end of the hanger 9 has the projection 16 which erters therecess 17 in the brakeshoe head 18. A bolt 19 connects the hanger withthe brake-shoe head, and a spring 20 on said bolt is interposed betweensaid hanger and the nut 21.

The live-lever is indicated by the reference numeral 22 and thebrake-rod 23 is connected to the upper end of said live- 5 end of thelever is connected to the ordinary turn-buckle 25. By the engagement ofthe arm 13 of the bracket 5 with the recess 1% of the hanger, thelateral movement of the hanger is prevented and the shoe is held inproper alinement with the wheel. In this case the guiding means forholding the hanger against lateral movement is located above theconnection of the hanger with the brake-shoe head, and the guiding arm13 prevents any undue lateral movement of the hanger. The hanger issupported by the truck frame instead of by the equalizer-bar, as in myformer application.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated a modified form of my invention in whichthe bracket 26 is carried supported by the equalizer-bars 4 and saidbracket has the downwardly projecting arm 27 which engages the recess 14in the hanger 9.

What I claim is:

1. In brake-rigging, the combination of a suit-able support, a singlebrake-hanger suspended therefrom, a brake-head, said hanger beingconnected to one side of said brakehead, and means intermediate theupper and lower ends of said hanger engaged by said hanger to preventlateral movement of same.

2. In brake-rigging, the combination of a suitable support, a singlebrake-hanger pivotally supported thereby, a brake-head, saidbrake-hanger being connected to one side of said brake-head, and guidingmeans on said support' slidably engaging said hanger at a pointintermediate the upper and lower ends of said hanger.

3. In brake-rigging, the combination of a suitable support, abrake-hanger suspended therefrom, a brakehead, and guiding means on saidsupportslidably engaging said hanger at a point intermediate the upperand lower ends of said hanger.

4. In brake-rigging, the combination of a suitable support, abrake-hanger suspended therefrom, a brake-head, and means engaged by aportion of said hanger intermediate its ends to prevent the lateralmovement of same.

5. In brake-rigging, the combination of a suitable support, abrake-hanger suspended therefrom, a brake-head, and a guide engaged by aportion of said hanger intermediate of its ends to prevent lateralmovement of same.

6. In brake-rigging, the combination of a i bracket engaging a seat onsaid hanger in 15 suitable support, a brake-hanger suspended itherettroin, a brake-head, and a bracket on 1 said support having aguide-arm engaging 1 a seat on said hanger.

7. In brake-rigging, the combination of a suitable support, abrake-hanger suspended therefrom, a brake-shoe head, and a downwardlyextending arm on said support engaging a seat on said hanger.

8. In brake-rigging, the combination of a suitable support, abrake-hanger suspended therefrom, a brake-shoe head, a bracket on saidsupport, and a guide-arm on said ter-inediate its ends.

9. In brake-rigging, the combination of a' truck side-frame, a bracketcarried by said side-frame, a hanger suspended from said bracket, and adownwardly projecting 2a guide-arm on said bracket engaging a seat onsaid hanger.

In testimony whereof I the said WILLIAM G. PRICE have hereunto set myhand.

WILLIAM G. PRICE. Witnesses:

H. A. VVILKIsoN, EDNA NEVILLE.

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